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▪ I. † ˈdulcorate, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. dulcōrāt-us, pa. pple. of dulcōrāre: see next.]
Endowed with sweetness; sweet.
1501Douglas Pal. Hon. ii. v, The ladyis sang in voices dulcorait.
▪ II. † dulcorate, v. Obs.|ˈdʌlkɒreɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. dulcōrāre to sweeten, f. dulcor: see prec.]
trans. To sweeten, dulcify; to free from acridity.
1566Painter Pal. Pleas. ii. 145 b, To dulcorate and make sweet the bitter gall of griefe. 1620Venner Via Recta (1650) 258 A few Aniseeds dulcorated with white Sugar Candie. 1669Evelyn Vintage (1675) 47 Some dulcorate, and sweeten their wines..with raisins of the sun. 1675E. Borlase Reduct. Irel. 174 Conducing to dulcorate the humour apt to ferment with so much virulency.
Hence ˈdulcorating vbl. n.; dulcoˈration.
1626Bacon Sylva §358 In the Dulcoration of some Metalls; as Saccharum Saturni. Ibid. §465 The Ancients for the Dulcorating of Fruit, doe commend Swines-dung, aboue all other Dung. 1641French Distill. i. (1651) 10 Dulcoration, or dulcification is either the washing off the salt from any matter that was calcined therewith..or it is sweetening of things with sugar or honey, or syrup. |